Principles of Biomedical Science Flashcards
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What is Biomedical Sciences?
The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
What is an experiment?
A research study conducted to determine the effect that one variable has upon another variable.
What is a hypothesis?
An educated guess on what the outcome of an experiment will be.
Independent Variable
The variable manipulated by the researcher.
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
Double helix strand that determines your physical traits.
Nucleotide
A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group.
Autopsy
An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
A set of standards and practices created to give patients specific rights regarding their health info.
Medical Examiner
A physician who performs an autopsy determining whether its accidental or intentional.
What is homeostasis?
The maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment.
What is negative feedback?
A primary mechanism of homeostasis that triggers a response that counteracts the initial fluctuation.
What is positive feedback?
Tends to magnify a process.
What is a hormone?
Circulates in blood and produces effect on the activity of cells.
What is insulin?
Hormone secreted by the pancreas that regulates glucose levels in the blood.
What is glucagon?
Hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine cells that raises blood glucose levels.
What is glucose tolerance test?
A test that determines blood glucose levels in the blood or urine and used to detect diabetes.
What are type 1 diabetes?
A form that develops during childhood or adolescence, deficiency of insulin, leading to high blood glucose. levels.
What are type 2 diabetes?
A form develops especially in adults and most often obese individuals, resulting in high blood glucose, impaired insulin utilization, and with the body’s inability to compensate.
What is a Macromolecule?
A giant molecule made by joining smaller molecules.
What is a carbohydrate?
A sugar in the form of a monosaccharide, disaccharide or polysaccharide. Rice.
What is a protein?
A three dimensional polymer made of monomers of amino acids. Meat, fish.
What is a lipid?
fats. Oil, Cholesterol.
